2 Samuel 19 in the early church

[LXX: 2 Kingdoms; Vulgate: 2 Kings]

8 passages quote, allude to, or echo 2 Samuel 19, grouped by verse; passages on the same verse are in date order. Verse text from the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). References use the Protestant English Bible's numbering, with a writer's own numbering in brackets where it differs.

Verses: 4 · 15 · 21 · 23 · 31 · 35 · 37 · 43

2 Samuel 19:4

But the king covered his face and cried out at the top of his voice, “O my son Absalom! O Absalom, my son, my son!”
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Sam 19:4 (2 Kgdms 19:5 LXX)	Exposition of Psalm 118 14.27.5 · Ambrose	quotation, high confidence	ca. 386-397

2 Samuel 19:15

So the king returned, and when he arrived at the Jordan, the men of Judah came to Gilgal to meet him and escort him across the Jordan.
BSB

Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Sam 19:15	Explanation of Twelve Psalms 36.58.3 · Ambrose	allusion, low confidence	ca. 387-397

2 Samuel 19:21

But Abishai son of Zeruiah said, “Shouldn’t Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD’s anointed?”
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Sam 19:21	On Grace and Free Will 20 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 426

2 Samuel 19:23

So the king said to Shimei, “You shall not die.” And the king swore an oath to him.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Sam 19:23	On the Duties of the Clergy 1.48 · Ambrose	allusion, high confidence	ca. 386–390

2 Samuel 19:31

Now Barzillai the Gileadite had come down from Rogelim to cross the Jordan with the king and send him on his way from there.
BSB

Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Sam 19:31	Letter 105.3 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–419

2 Samuel 19:35

I am now eighty years old. Can I discern what is good and what is not? Can your servant taste what he eats or drinks? Can I still hear the voice of singing men and women? Why should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king?
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Sam 19:35	Letter 72.3 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 386–430

2 Samuel 19:37

Please let your servant return, that I may die in my own city near the tomb of my father and mother. But here is your servant Chimham. Let him cross over with my lord the king, and do for him what is good in your sight.”
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Sam 19:37	Letter 72.3 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 386–430

2 Samuel 19:43

“We have ten shares in the king,” answered the men of Israel, “so we have more claim to David than you. Why then do you despise us? Were we not the first to speak of restoring our king?” But the men of Judah spoke more fiercely than the men of Israel.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Sam 19:43	Tractates on Matthew 12.5 · Chromatius of Aquileia	quotation, high confidence	ca. 388–407